Container.



K. KOEN.

CONTAINER. v APPLIUATION FILED AUG.11,1911.

Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

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KOBY KOI-IN, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15,1912.

Appl'icationred August 11, 1911. Serial No. 643,593.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, KOBY KOEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lincoln, county of Lancaster, State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Containers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invent-ion relates to improvements in containers for librous or granular material, such as, for example, smoking tobacco. Y

Such material is commonly closely packed in a relatively narrow deep box and owing to the pressure employed, the characteil of the material and the shape andV dimensions of such box it is quite diliicult to withdraw or remove the material from the lower portion of the box. It is frequently necessary to employ some special means, such as a knife blade or other. implement to loosen the Aclosely packed mass, as the opening at the Figs. 5, 6 and 7 illustrate modifications of top of the box is frequently of suchsize as to prevent the entrance of a persons hand. Furthermore as. suchboxes are commonly made of metal there is considerable danger 'of the users hand being cut or injured in removing, for example, the lower half `or one-third of the contents.

The object of the present invention is to provide a box or container of the character referred to with means whereby after a portion of the contents of the box have been removed the remaining body or mass of material may be readily so broken or partially disintegrated that it can be removed as desired.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of a box or container constructed in accordance with the present invention, a portion ofthe outer shell or cas- 'ing being broken away and the lid `or top being shown in open position. Fig. 2 is a vert-ical'sectional view. through the Vcontainer showing the disintegrating or breaking up device partially embedded. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing a dierent condition of the contents from Fig. 2 and illustrating the effect of the invention. Fig. 4

is a detail view of the disintegrating or breaking up device shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

such device.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the outer Ashell or casing of a box or container of the form commonly employed for smoking tobacco. Said shell is commonly made of metal andas shown is of substantlally oblong form in cross section having an opening at the top adapted to be closed by a suitable lid or cover 2. Such shells or casings are frequently provided with a linlng 3 of paper or other non-metallic materia 4' designates a flexible cord which is of such length that it may be coiled within the casing 1 and have its several convolutions embedded in the closely packed material 5 therein. Such cord is introduced into the shell 1 and lining 3, as the material 5 is packed therein and is of such length that the upper end thereof will be exposed and inV position to be readily grasped when such material has been removed to a predetermined depth or extent. It will be readily understood that the upper portion of the body of material can be easily removed from the box by the users ngers, but as before pointed out, after a relatively small proportion, for example, a third or even less of the contents of the box have been withdrawn it becomes diiiicult for the user to disintegrate or detach portions of the remaining contents without employing some special implement; and the cord 4 is so arranged that its upper end will be exposed, as before said, when that portion of the material 5 which can be readily removed has been withdrawn from the casing.

Fig. 1 represents the position of the parts when the container is completely lled. When a suliicient amount of the material has been withdrawn to expose the upper end of the cord 4, such end may be grasped and pulled upward as indicated in Fig. 2, and as said cord is withdrawn it will act to `break up or disintegrate the closely surrounding portions of the material 5, and the relatively looser mass will occupy considerably more of the space within the shell and Aio if desired. As shown, thelower endof such cord is preferably provided with an enlargement or knot 7.

It will be seen that the form of the device linay be varied considerably and three different modifications of the preferred form are illustrated. rlhe form shown in F ig. 5 comprises a simple cord 4 having terminal enlargements 8, 9. In the form illustrated in Fig. 6 the cord lb is provided atits upper end 'with a loop 10 having the same function as the tag or disk 6 of the preferred form, and in the forni illustrated in Fig. 7 the cord is provided at intermediate points in its length with enlargements 11.

The manner of using and the advantages incident to the invention will be readily un- Y derstood Vand* appreciated from the foregoing description in connection with the drawing. y It will beseen that the invention provides a very simple and inexpensive means by which the entire contents of such a conl tainer may be readily removed. rIhe length i and diameter of the cord-like device will be varied according to the dimensions of the shellor casing and the character of material to be packed therein.

While the invention is particularly applicable for containers or boxes for smoking tobacco yet, as aforesaid, it is applicable to containers for any fibrous or granular material which is closely packed and in which, owing to the shape of the casing, the dimensions of the mouth thereof and the nature of the material it is difficult to withdraw or remove the sameY from the lower end of the container.

The invention is also especially applicable' to containers having a relatively small delivery opening which renders the removal of the contents Vunusually difficult and inconvenient.

Tobacco containers usually have a lining therein and the lining at the bottom of the container has numerous creases which theY tobacco enters when packed. These creases thenhold the bottom layer of tobacco very firmly and my invention is especially adapted to break up this layer, the knot or enlargement at the end of the cordv being placed against the casing and therefore readpresent such claims in a separate application.

Having thus describedvmy invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. The combination with a shell or casing having a delivery opening at its top, and a body of closely packed material within said Shen, @fa flexible Sea-11a @Cord-iik@ 'device embedded in said material and adapted Y to break up the mass in the lower section ofthe casing so thatportions thereof Vmay be readily removed.

2. The combination with a shellor casing having a delivery opening atitstop, and a body of closely'pa'cked material within said closely packed within the casing, Aand means intimately engaged with-the material and adapted to progressively break up theY closely packed mass as it is withdrawn therefrom.

t. A package comprising a shellY or casing having a discharge opening at its upper end, granular or fibrous material closely packed within the casing, and an elongated flexible device arranged in folds throughout" a portion of the bodybfY said material and adapted, when drawn therefrom, toV pro-V Y gressively break up` the massin which it is embedded.

5. A package comprising a shellor casi ing having an openingat its upper end, a cover for said opening, granular or fibrousVA material closely packed within the casing, and an independent device intimately engaged with and arranged wholly below the surface of said material and adapted to break up or disintegrate the portion vof Vthe material in which it is embedded as it isv withdrawn therefrom, said device being eX- posed and rendered operativepby partially emptying the shell or casing andthe disintegrated mass producedby the withdrawal of said device occupying 'more space within the casing than when saiddevice was en gaged therewith. Y

6. A package comprising a shell or casing having adeliveryopening at its top, granular or fibrous material closely packed in said casing, and a cord-like device'packed in the casing with said material, entirely below the upper surface thereof, and so intimately'associated therewith as to break up the VmassV 'i of material as itis'withdrawn therefrom.

7. A package comprising a metal shell open atthe top, a cover for said opening, a paper lining within the shell, granular or fibrous material closely `packed within'V said lining, and a cord-like device arranged within the casing below the upper surface of the material packed therein and Vso intimately engaged withV said material as to break up the mass thereof as it iswithdrawn therefrom.

8. The combination With a shell or casing pull Will be exposed when a predetermined l0 having a delivery opening at its top, and a body of closely packed material Within said shell, of a cord-like device embedded in the 5 material in the form of a plurality of convolutions, whereby as said device is Withdrawn the surrounding mass Will be broken up, said device having at its upper end a disk or tag constituting a hand pull, which amout of material has been Withdrawn from the casing.

In testimony whereof I aiX my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

KOBY KOHN. Witnesses:

EBEN R. BLACK, J. WELFORD HARTZELL.

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